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tune in to wpvm’s weekly news & public affairs program 6-7 pm April 30 and 1-2 pm May 1 or via podcasting on the archives page for:
a live FOLLOW-UP interview with activist and minister Amy Cantrell. Asheville City Council appointed Cantrell to the city commission that’s considering new city laws about sharing meals with the homeless (and others) in city parks. (Here’s the initial interview with Ms. Cantrell on April 23.)
audio and a report on Sunday night’s local events with Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Progressive Democratic Presidential Candidate, at UNC-Asheville and the YMI Cultural Center. How might Kucinich’s primary goal, health care reform to remove subsidies for for-profit corporations, impact the presidential race and public policy? (Audio courtesy of filmmaker Rebecca Macneice.)
an interview with Peter Elgie, teacher at a local Sudbury School, about the school’s education paradigm.
Plus other news and information, and the president’s Weekly Radio Address.
Tune in! Your hosts for this edition are Barry Summers, David Lynch, and Veronika Gunter.